Citation

Cavanaugh CE, Messing JT, Del-Colle M, O'Sullivan C, Campbell JC. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2011; 41(4): 372-383.

Affiliation

Courtenay E. Cavanaugh, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University; Jill Theresa Messing, Melissa Del-Colle, Arizona State University, School of Social Work; Chris O'Sullivan, VCS, Inc.; Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00035.x

PMID

21535096

PMCID

PMC3152586

Abstract

The prevalence and correlates of suicidal threats and attempts among 662 racially and ethnically diverse adult female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) were studied. One in five women had threatened or attempted suicide during her lifetime. They observed that multiple logistic regression results indicated that women at greater risk of severe or potentially lethal assaults as measured by the Danger Assessment and those who reported having a chronic or disabling illness were more likely to have threatened or attempted suicide. A linear association was found between age and suicide threats/attempts, with younger women having increased odds. Finally, African American IPV victims were less likely to have threatened or attempted suicide as compared to Latina victims. Study implications are discussed.

Language: en